Synopsis:          Important: ghostscript security and bug fix update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:3834-1
Issue Date:        2018-12-17
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-15911
                   CVE-2018-16541
                   CVE-2018-16802
                   CVE-2018-17183
                   CVE-2018-17961
                   CVE-2018-18073
                   CVE-2018-18284
                   CVE-2018-19409
                   CVE-2018-19134
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Security Fix(es):

* ghostscript: Incorrect free logic in pagedevice replacement (699664)
(CVE-2018-16541)

* ghostscript: Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking when running
out of stack during exception handling (CVE-2018-16802)

* ghostscript: User-writable error exception table (CVE-2018-17183)

* ghostscript: Saved execution stacks can leak operator arrays (incomplete
fix for CVE-2018-17183) (CVE-2018-17961)

* ghostscript: Saved execution stacks can leak operator arrays
(CVE-2018-18073)

* ghostscript: 1Policy operator allows a sandbox protection bypass
(CVE-2018-18284)

* ghostscript: Type confusion in setpattern (700141) (CVE-2018-19134)

* ghostscript: Improperly implemented security check in zsetdevice
function in psi/zdevice.c (CVE-2018-19409)

* ghostscript: Uninitialized memory access in the aesdecode operator
(699665) (CVE-2018-15911)

Bug Fix(es):

* It has been found that ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.1 introduced regression
during the handling of shading objects, causing a "Dropping incorrect
smooth shading object" warning. With this update, the regression has been
fixed and the described problem no longer occurs.
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SL7
  x86_64
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.6.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-cups-9.07-31.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.6.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-debuginfo-9.07-31.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.6.i686.rpm
    ghostscript-devel-9.07-31.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-gtk-9.07-31.el7_6.6.x86_64.rpm
    ghostscript-9.07-31.el7_6.6.src.rpm
  noarch
    ghostscript-doc-9.07-31.el7_6.6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team